Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, July 9, 2021 Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] The FlashReport Main Page has been updated with all of the big stories in California... The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...  THE HEADLINES: BreitbartCA: Pelosi’s Husband Bought Amazon Call Options Before Pentagon Announced New Contract with Company As Bezos called for tax hikes, Amazon lobbied to keep its tax bill low AP: Governor asks Californians to voluntarily cut water use CalM: Newsom urges all Californians to cut water use by 15% LADN: La Nina threatens to return and worsen drought in U.S. West SFC: 6.0 quake rocks NorCal, followed by more than 60 aftershocks. Jolt felt in Bay Area Boulders falling, tires wiggling: Here’s what one man saw during California earthquake Dozens of strong aftershocks follow Sierra Nevada earthquake in Northern California AP: Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes along California-Nevada border AP: Aftershocks expected for days after California, Nevada quake OCReg: California’s unemployment fiasco takes new turn: Bank of America wants out SacBee: Special Report: New SEIU leader wants union out of California politics. Bad idea, labor says SacBee: ‘Richard the real’: Outspoken California union leader makes a show of his promises AP: California forest closed as wildfires burn, heat returns LAT $: Former Garcetti staffer says an aide’s unwanted kissing and touching was ‘an open secret’ CG: Here’s Why California Gas Prices Are Highest in the Country BreitbartCA: CNN Medical Analyst: ‘It’s Time to Start Mandating Vaccines’ SFC: Assembly weighs mandating vaccines after statehouse COVID outbreak LAT $: Block by block, tent by tent, city crews remove homeless campers from Venice Beach Hill: Job openings stayed at record high of 9.2 million in May OCReg: Zero-down mortgages are back a decade after mortgage meltdown OCReg: Ethnic studies, CRT forum venues changed after estimate for legal protection hits $96,000 SDUT: Number of Delta variants in San Diego County more than doubles in a week LADN: Steady rise in coronavirus cases rekindles LA County officials’ worries SDUT: ‘It was clearly an intentional act’: San Diego police motorcycle officer hit by car, injured SJMN: Five Palo Alto officers sue city over Assata Shakur Black Lives Matter street mural AP: Officers sue California city over Black Lives Matter mural SFC: Berkeley’s ban on natural gas in new buildings upheld by federal judge AP: California charges 6 ex-highway officers with overtime fraud DM: Facebook is developing its own city near Silicon Valley HQ AP: Victims of California synagogue shooting can sue gunmaker SDUT: Protesters gathered outside Senator Feinstein Office, in hopes of ending the filibuster LAT $: Barabak: Trump poses a riddle for Republican candidates in California. Here’s how their solutions differ WSJ: ‘Financially Hobbled for Life’: The Elite Master’s Degrees That Don’t Pay Off CG: Let’s Help Businesses Thrive in a Post-COVID World Reason: Public Schools Still Can't Figure Out How To Reopen NR: Hunter Biden Thinks Everyone Else Is Stupid NR: Ban Critical Race Theory from K–12 Classrooms: A Response to the New York Times OCReg: Rediscovering the promise of the American founding Reason: If the CDC Can Impose a Nationwide Eviction Moratorium, Why Can't It Impose a Nationwide Vaccine Mandate? California Democrats Are Nuking Affordable Energy SFC: Lake Tahoe’s famously clear water is murky — here’s what’s causing it CG: Show Vaccine Passport or Unvaccinated Employees Mask Up in Sacramento City Hall SFC: Water customers in East Bay district urged to cut usage as drought worsens SFC: S.F. DA Boudin talks recall at first in-person event since pandemic shutdown SJMN: Mountain View: Attack on jogger appears to be anti-AAPI violence, police say FresBee: Fresno County judge denies city’s request to enter Tower Theatre. But Fresno has options VCStar $: County airports director quits, cites leadership concernsnews LADN: House approves $19.1 million for San Fernando Valley transportation projects OCReg: Long Beach now controls the Queen Mary, but it may have to deal with a derelict submarine too OCReg: Santa Ana trash contract shows need for choice LAT $: Sexual assault accusations at Orange County hospital lead to lawsuit against nurse VOC: Will Masks be Required When Orange County Students Go Back to School in the Fall? OCReg: Judge suspends court proceedings against accused Orange mass shooter PE: Riverside panel proposes easing reliance on electricity revenue transfer PE: U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visits Riverside County PE: What you need to know to run in Riverside County’s special elections this November SBSun: Parolee shot from behind by sheriff’s deputy sues San Bernardino County SBSun: Rialto to use $1 million from state to launch electric bike share program VOSD: North County Report: San Dieguito Teachers Union Is at War With the Board VOSD: Housing Commission Valued Mission Valley Hotel as if the Pandemic Never Happened SDUT: Witness in lawsuit against San Diego recants, says she was bullied into signing untrue declaration Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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